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the physical or mental power to do something
as a result of the accident the once-vigorous athlete lost the ability to walk
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Recent Examples of abilities
The same goes for Louis, who entered the draft with a lot of buzz about his positional versatility thanks to his coverage abilities yet wasn’t selected until Day 3.
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Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Henceforth, designers began to realize the importance of having a tank that could combine the abilities of different classes and perform multiple battlefield roles.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
The respect is mutual, with Caglianone marvelling at Bazzana’s abilities as a middle infielder.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Their interests, routines or even physical abilities may change, while their partner may grow along a different path.
—Patricia Neligan, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
Players have five types of shots such as the slice, topspin and lob, and stronger versions of them along with different rackets that carry different abilities.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Scientists are constantly evaluating the impacts the changing climate might have on these species and their abilities to find their way into new areas.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Aleksandar Pavlovic is a penetrative passer and a fine orchestrator, but without replicating his abilities, Bayern risk creating a dependency and becoming reliant on a solitary source of quick, forward possession.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Fitness programs are designed for all ages and abilities.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Henceforth, designers began to realize the importance of having a tank that could combine the abilities of different classes and perform multiple battlefield roles.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
The respect is mutual, with Caglianone marvelling at Bazzana’s abilities as a middle infielder.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Their interests, routines or even physical abilities may change, while their partner may grow along a different path.
—Patricia Neligan, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
Players have five types of shots such as the slice, topspin and lob, and stronger versions of them along with different rackets that carry different abilities.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Scientists are constantly evaluating the impacts the changing climate might have on these species and their abilities to find their way into new areas.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Aleksandar Pavlovic is a penetrative passer and a fine orchestrator, but without replicating his abilities, Bayern risk creating a dependency and becoming reliant on a solitary source of quick, forward possession.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Fitness programs are designed for all ages and abilities.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abilities
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The official added that allies are increasing investments in warships, aircraft, drones, long-range missiles, as well as space and cyber capabilities, while boosting readiness and modernizing command and control.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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The Flow 2 has voice command capabilities, along with working with Matter, Alexa, and Google Home.—
Joe Salas
May 09,
New Atlas,
9 May 2026
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The lower and higher memory capacities, including the top-end 64GB and 128GB options, all ship faster.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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Records compiled by the online site LegiStorm show Moorer has worked for Davis in various capacities since 2008 and currently makes about $72,000 a year.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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There is a desire for better center play, true lob threats who mimic the skills of Daniel Gafford and Dereck Lively II (with cleaner injury histories).—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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In March, Sharon Ofek, a superintendent in Carmel, California, praised the software’s math lessons for teaching problem-solving skills rather than memorization of formulas.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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An Italy international at every level from under-15s to under-19s, Reggiani is considered one of the brightest talents in Italian football.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Randy Moss is taking his talents from the football field to the fishing boat.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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The researchers also announced a contest with a $200,000 prize pool on the popular machine learning competition site Kaggle for outside researchers to help build evaluations for the five cognitive faculties where existing benchmark tests are weakest.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Strange occurrences quickly destabilize the group, with the writer becoming increasingly unhinged, convinced the location has an inexplicable hold over her creative faculties.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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For this class, the premise is that your purpose in life lies to the intersection of your values, your aptitudes and your interests.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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This model reflects Japan’s long-standing corporate culture, which prioritizes new hires for their general potential—their aptitudes and aspirations, as opposed to their current skill sets or university majors—and then trains them on the job.—
GRACIA LIU-FARRER,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Nov. 2025
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Of all the competencies required for the role, political affiliation or experience as a television commentator are not high on his list.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
2 May 2026
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Learn from that and then get incredibly good rebuild core competencies.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Abilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abilities. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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